Player News 2026-27 Squad Number Watch Thread

[Chris on a Bike]

Can we send Kent out on a season long loan and recall him in January?

 

[Scotchegg]

Can we send Kent out on a season long loan and recall him in January?

The problem is that if we haven't registered Kent then he's not our player.

Beyond anything else, and especially if the injury rumours are true, I hope that we are looking after him both in terms of treatment and honouring his contract under whatever terms were agreed.

 

[tonyw]

The problem is that if we haven't registered Kent then he's not our player.

Beyond anything else, and especially if the injury rumours are true, I hope that we are looking after him both in terms of treatment and honouring his contract under whatever terms were agreed.

Not necessarily true - Leigh was our player the second half of last season.....we just chose not to register him.

As long as we completed the paperwork for Kent's transfer before the embargo kicked in, then he is our player. If the terms of the embargo prevent us from registering him for next season, there should be no impediment to us loaning him out for the next six months.

 

[Jason N]

Not necessarily true - Leigh was our player the second half of last season.....we just chose not to register him.

As long as we completed the paperwork for Kent's transfer before the embargo kicked in, then he is our player. If the terms of the embargo prevent us from registering him for next season, there should be no impediment to us loaning him out for the next six months.

If that's the case, if we could persuade them, what is to stop us signing the two decent free agents that were expecting to sign and sending them out on loan. Thomas and Wintle??

 

[Up The Manor]

Can we send Kent out on a season long loan and recall him in January?

He's out for the season should be back on the grass April 2027 .

 

[Scotchegg]

Not necessarily true - Leigh was our player the second half of last season.....we just chose not to register him.

As long as we completed the paperwork for Kent's transfer before the embargo kicked in, then he is our player. If the terms of the embargo prevent us from registering him for next season, there should be no impediment to us loaning him out for the next six months.

I think there's a difference between holding the players registration, and adding them to the playing squad for the coming season.

Leigh was our player, I'm not yet sure if Kent is.

 

[tonyw]

I think there's a difference between holding the players registration, and adding them to the playing squad for the coming season.

Leigh was our player, I'm not yet sure if Kent is.

Oh, there definitely is - and my understanding is that we do hold the player's registration but we may not be allowed to add him to the playing squad for next season (because of the terms of the embargo).

If the first part of that isn't true, then the club (and a whole bunch of media outlets) were telling porkies in late June.

 

[Steve Gilbert]

Jin Woo is now wearing 7 on his training kit while out in Spain so unless they forgot his stuff it would seem that Mills has gone.

 

[CaptainOx]

Jin Woo is now wearing 7 on his training kit while out in Spain so unless they forgot his stuff it would seem that Mills has gone.

Jin Woo has been wearing 7 for a few days in UK training too. The OM had a piece that said Mills was allocated 7 initially but changed his mind back to 17 because he associated 7 with his bad injury. So a superstitious thing. Not unusual in football but also not ideal timing given all the other noise.

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

41 is Monty! My wife's new favourite player for some reason...

Not enough Monty's in the EFL for my liking.

 

[Boris]

Not enough Monty's in the EFL for my liking.

No others, as far as I can tell.

There was a Monty Patterson at Ipswich about 8-10 years ago, and there are four current players with the surname Montgomery, but our Monty is unique

 

[Emilio]

Jin Woo has been wearing 7 for a few days in UK training too. The OM had a piece that said Mills was allocated 7 initially but changed his mind back to 17 because he associated 7 with his bad injury. So a superstitious thing. Not unusual in football but also not ideal timing given all the other noise.

Thanks. Would find this a bit more reassuring if we could see a photo of him from today's training, wearing that number 17 kit though.

 

[Emilio]

No others, as far as I can tell.

There was a Monty Patterson at Ipswich about 8-10 years ago, and there are four current players with the surname Montgomery, but our Monty is unique

We need our own spy in the changing room to let us know whether he should be nicknamed "Python".

 

[werthersoriginal]

Not necessarily true - Leigh was our player the second half of last season.....we just chose not to register him.

As long as we completed the paperwork for Kent's transfer before the embargo kicked in, then he is our player. If the terms of the embargo prevent us from registering him for next season, there should be no impediment to us loaning him out for the next six months.

I thinkj registering in this case refers to completing the paperwork for his transfer

 

[CaptainOx]

Thanks. Would find this a bit more reassuring if we could see a photo of him from today's training, wearing that number 17 kit though.

Later in the week all being well.

 

[SteMerritt]

We need our own spy in the changing room to let us know whether he should be nicknamed "Python".

Pah, why go with a 60s/70s reference when you could go for an 80s reference and nickname him 'Mole'?

 

[Boris]

Pah, why go with a 60s/70s reference when you could go for an 80s reference and nickname him 'Mole'?

I prefer old school: Clift

 

[Steve Gilbert]

Later in the week all being well.

Will the kit be an Oxford one though....

 

[Emilio]

Pah, why go with a 60s/70s reference when you could go for an 80s reference and nickname him 'Mole'?

Are you thinking or Morocco?

 

[SteMerritt]

Are you thinking or Morocco?

No, Morocco Mole is an entirely different 80s mole. This is Monty Mole...

 

[CaptainOx]

Golding has 25. Him and Gatlin having pre 30 numbers says a lot about the situation and when it was known about

 

[Emilio]

Golding has 25. Him and Gatlin having pre 30 numbers says a lot about the situation and when it was known about

Not really.

I doubt the kit man was informed prior to the first day back at training that we would be limited to such a small squad due to an embargo. By the logic that we're giving these players lower numbers due to the embargo, why would we have left numbers 19, 20 and 21 available? Also, Golding and Gats are old enough now that leaving them in the sticks with less "serious" squad numbers would be seen as fairly disrespectful, unless they specifically request them.

No conspiracy here.

 

[Carpy]

No conspiracy here.

Why be so boring?

 

[Emilio]

Why be so boring?

Someone has to be. Far too much excitement going on here. There'll be a shortage of tin foil at this rate.

 

[CaptainOx]

Added some of the 21s/18s to the original post.
Zaide Took-Oxley pictured in training with the academy so seems to still be about!

 

[mooro]

There really are some names that shouldn't be double -barelled....

 

[CaptainOx]

O'Donkor wore 19, Golding 25 and Bradney 20 at Aldershot last night.

Suspect Bradney was more about taking an available printed shirt. Gatlin might have been boosted up.

 

[Emilio]

Possibility of a big shuffle before Saturday, now 4 is available again? Maybe McDonnell up to 4 and a few moving their way up the chain?

 

[werthersoriginal]

Possibility of a big shuffle before Saturday, now 4 is available again? Maybe McDonnell up to 4 and a few moving their way up the chain?

4 is a hell of a good number. Defensive midfielder

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

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